Monday, Oct. 18

Video Intro Posted

You can now see our class video on the Introductions page of the FCP 10-3A wiki and on the ISA Group on the FCP Ning

For Fun

Where would you put the Flat Classroom Project on this Map of Online Communities?

http://xkcd.com/802_large/

School server down, so we watched Hans Rosling's new insights on poverty

Tuesday, Oct. 19

Check-in and Catch Up

See the 21c GL Progress Chart (shared to you in Google Docs)
Green = tasks that still need to be completed
Yellow = areas for improvement
Pink = suggestions/new challenges
Blue = ready to be re-checked
After you've completed something, please change it to blue

Search, Save, Read, Write

Continue researching until you've saved 10 items to Diigo
Include descriptions and at least 3 tags: flatclassroomproject, topic standard tag, one or more of your choice
Read the research you and others have saved with your topic tags
Draft your wiki page contribution in Google Docs
You must post at least one significant contribution to your wiki page by the end of class on Wed!

Search Strategies

Remember to use multiple key words with Boolean operators (OR & -) and put quotation marks around phrases
Instead of lots of ORs, you can also use a tilde (~) to search for synonyms (put the tilde right in front of the word, no space)
If you come across a term you don't know, you can look it up using define:wordyoudon'tknow
To search within a particular website, such as The New York Times, include site:nytimes.com in your search string

New Google Search Tool

Need a new direction or more keywords for your research?
Wonder Wheel to the Rescue!

Wednesday, Oct. 20

For Fun

Eric Whitacre: A choir as big as the Internet
85 voices from 12 countries join a choir that spans the globe: "Lux Aurumque," composed and conducted by Eric Whitacre, merges hundreds of tracks individually recorded and posted to YouTube. It's an astonishing illustration of how technology can connect us.

How is this similar to (or different from) what we're doing on the wiki?

The Time Has Come . . .

when you MUST add information to your team's wiki page if you haven't yet
If you've already done so, you can edit the page, continue researching, etc.

Diigo Review

Be sure you are taking advantage of the research resources saved to the Flat Classroom Project Group in Diigo
Look for items tagged with your standard tag, if you want to add them to your personal library, select "More" > "Save"

Thursday, Oct. 21

Finding and Citing Copyright-Friendly Images

What do you already know about Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons?

Copyright

How do you know if something is protected by copyright?
Use this digital slider to find out.

What is Copyright designed to do?
Copyright laws exist to promote creativity, innovation and the spread of knowledge (Article 1, Section 8, U.S. Constitution)

Read

Fair Use

Where does Fair Use come in?
Was the Barack Obama "Hope" Poster fair use? Look at this photo to see what you think

The four criteria for Fair Use are

• Nature
• Purpose
• Amount
• Effect

Fair Use is also based on "transformativeness" (adding value, repurposing) and the cost to copyright holder vs. benefits to society

What's Fair?

So What Should I Do?

The best way to make sure you are not breaking any copyright laws is to use media that is:
1. Homegrown
2. Creative Commons licensed
3. Fair Use
(from Wes Fryer 's Copyright for Educators )

Here's a Fair Use Reasoning Process to help you determine if it's fair or not

Creative Commons

Building on the Past

This video created by Justin Cone won the Creative Commons Moving Images Contest

To Get Creative

And Be Part of the Shared Culture

Friday, Oct. 22

Start Your Engines

Start, as usual, by checking your iGoogle Start Page for recent updates from the wiki and the ning
Respond to any comments or discussions that pertain to you and your group

Today's Mission:

Find CC Licensed Images for your wiki page and for future use in your multimedia project
You can bookmark these in your Diigo library or use your Google docs to save them
Just make sure you have the url for every image - if you use it, you must cite it!

How Can I Use CC Licensed Content?

It depends.
There are different kinds of Creative Commons licenses

Finding Creative Commons Licensed Images

The search portal on the CC website
Google Advanced Image Search (select Usage Rights)
Flickr's Creative Commons Portal
Flickr Creative Commons - Attribution Only Search
Behold
Compfight: A Flickr Search Tool- Here are some instructions for using Compfight
FlickrStorm (save CC images with a URL)
FlickrCC

Monday, Oct. 25

Boolean Logic Review

Quick review of Boolean operators for quiz tomorrow
Make sure you know how to represent each search using a Venn diagram (like the Boolean Machine)
Be able to explain what each search is "telling Google to do" in your own words

Keynote Address and Response

Watch the Flat Classroom Project Keynote Address from David Warlick
Add a thoughtful, substantive response in the comments below the video
Be sure to add your own ideas to the discussion
In other words, go beyond restating what you agree with or like about his message

Tuesday, Oct. 26

Add References to the information you contributed to the wiki

All information you've added to the wiki needs to be cited using a ref tag for each source

Here's a link to the guidelines for Citing Sources on the Project Help Wiki
Here's a link to the Wikispaces instructions for Adding References to Your Wiki

Adding References: Step-By-Step Process

1. You need 3 tabs open: the wiki page you are editing, the website of your source, and a citation tool
2. Use EasyBib or Son of Citation Machine to create the MLA citation for your reference
3. Copy the citation
4. Go into edit mode on your wiki page and put your cursor at the end of the information you are citing
5. Type then paste the citation in between the 2 ref tags
6. Copy the URL from the website of your source
7. Highlight the URL in your citation, click the Link button, select External Link, paste the URL you copied, and click Add Link
8. Save your edit and check to see that a footnote appears where you inserted the ref tags
9. Click on the footnote and make sure the citation at the bottom appears correctly with a working hyperlink

Wednesday, Oct. 27

Boolean Logic Quiz

Check It Out!

Here's a map of all the classrooms participating in FCP 10-3
Can you identify where all your teammates are located?

Did You Know?

When students in Australia are editing the wiki on Monday, it's still Sunday in the USA
Students in Oman start their school week on Saturday

Watch, Learn, Share

1. Find at least one educational video related to your topic
Here are some great sites for educational videos:
TED Talks
Fora.TV
Academic Earth
Vimeo
WatchKnow
Vidque

2. Watch the video and take notes on key ideas as well as your thoughts about the video
3. Bookmark the video on Diigo, share it to the FCP group and add a comment saying what it's about and why you recommend it

Thursday, Oct. 28

Where Are We, Where Are We Going?

Check-in: How's are things going so far?
Looking ahead: Calendar overview of November
Video/Multimedia Project Creation and Student Summit
Watch Alix's award-winning video and take a look at part of the 5th period Student Summit from last spring
Our Student Summit will be during the Global Education Conference!

How Does Your Wiki Page Look?

We are now co-collaborating, revising and editing - everyone needs to help make the whole wiki page better!

• Are there any places on the wiki that are weak?
• Are there any places that need more hyperlinks?
• Do quotations need references?
• Is the wiki visually/graphically/aesthetically appealing?
• Is everything on the wiki understandable to an "average" person?
• Is everyone contributing? Are there any issues that need to be discussed?
• What needs to happen next?
• Did you turn up anything new in your research that should be added to the content of your wiki?

Friday, Oct. 29

Evaluating the Wiki, Determining Next Steps

Read over and apply the rubric for the wiki page
Assess the Google Takes over the World page together
Use the rubric to self-assess your own page

• What still needs to be done?
• What are YOU planning to do?
• What can you ask your other teammates to do?

Send them a polite message explaining your plans and your suggestions for additional tasks to be done

Take Action!

1. Revise at least one section on your wiki page (not the section you've been adding to)

• Add contextual links
• Add transitions to create a better flow
• Change URLs to proper references
• Before you save, pull down "Save with Comment" and add a short description of what you just did

2. Add at least one Creative Commons image to your wiki page

• Download the image to your server space
• Give your image a name (not a string of numbers and letters)
• Click "File" > "Upload Files" > select your image
• Include a caption that says "Image Title" CC by username on Flickr
• Add a link to the Flickr page where you found the image

*If you are a Junior, send messages to your group through the wiki AND the Ning letting them know you will be traveling next week!

Here's an example of an image with the correct caption and link:

"Expand your Global Connections" CC by langwitches on Flickr